Sunday, 30 November 2014

The colours in this case file are so soft and delicate that they just reminded me of the flowers in my garden. I was going to take a photo pf my garden but then I remembered that I had this photo of a magnificent bunch of flowers my youngest son had bought me for Mothers Day this year that I said I was going to scrap. I found that once I had put the photos on this layout they seemed to melt into the page

The Evidence; I used the following to solve this case, pen work, string, staples (to hold my layers together), birds, branches/trees, flowers, book pages and watercolour.

The Testimony; I documented a daily pleasure - my garden/ my flowers.

Around the edge of the layout I incorporated the following by pen into the layout instead of using a stamp. Its reads; It doesn't take much t make me smile. These are flowers my son Wade bought me for Mothers Day in 2014. To be woken with breakfast in bed and the biggest bunch of Chrysanthemums that I had ever seen was the most wonderful surprise. I do love flowers.

On the rear of the layout is continues with;

Wade knows that my garden my plants and my flowers are all so special to me. I love to wake every morning, cuppa in hand and just sit on my rear deck and listen to the world start another day. The sounds of life awakening is something that we all take for granted. The birds chirping, the sound of the cars on the road and on a good day the sounds of waves crashing on the beach. I love to find that a new flowers has opened to show us all its beauty or to watch the butterflies flutter from one flower to the next or the birds collecting twigs and branches to make a new nest for new life all of this and I can see it and more from my chair on my rear deck.

I have spent many many hours in my garden creating a tranquil, beautiful place that we can all go and spend many hours. It doesnt matter if you sit and read, watch the clouds move across the sky or sit with someone else and talk over the problems of the world, its there for all to enjoy.

Now for some close ups and a few more details;

Lots of my most fav thing...flowers

I love adding the Kaisercraft cutouts where I can. I used a grid stamp and stamped the same paint that I used on the chipboard pieces onto the background.

All the chippies painted and that same grid stamp againand a few pearls here and there

You can see the photos better in this one. They just melted into the flowers in the other pics.

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Hi every one and welcome to another case file at Color, Stories and Inspirations ( CSI)

This is Case File no 147

This is a photo of my Hubby Pat and his little puppy Sox. Two little puppies were abandoned by their original owner. The were bundled up in a box and dumped in a paddock near where my hubby lived as a young boy. As a young boy fossicking through the paddock he came across the box. Being a normal little boy he investigated the contents of the box and to his delight he found two small puppies. Running home very excited with his new found treasures he was promptly told that he could only keep one and they would find a home for the other puppy. Pat decided on this one and Sox became part a very important part of his family and his childhood.

Lots of layers and the fish tails I mounted onsome bazzill so they would stand out.

This is the case file at CSI and the sketch by Emma Stafrace

The Scheme; all five colours used, light slate, dark slate,white, red and black.

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Hi and welcome everyone this is my take on Case File S365- 9. I loved the soft Autumn colours of this case file and thought this photo of myself at Wentworth Falls lookout just out of Katoomba, New South Wales up in the Blue Mountains was perfect for this challenge.

The whole case file to me had a country/autumn feel to it.

This is Case File S365-9 at CSI.

The Scheme; All colours used; Khaki green, Eru, Warm Gray,Bright Yellow and Bright Orange.The Evidence; I used the following, Leaves/branches, Transportation accents, mists, metal, fence, stringThe Testimony; I have documented the journalling on the tags behind the photos and finished it on the back of the layout. This is my story;My hubby and I took a day trip to the beautiful Blue Mountain in New South Wales. We went via Richmond and being a lovely Autumn day the air was crisp and the temp slightly cooler.The leaves were all those beautiful colours of green, reds, rich oranges, browns and yellows. Some of the tress were already bare with their leaves scattered all over the ground around their trunks.We made our way to Katoomba to have a look at the mamagnificententworth Falls. We got to the lookout only to find that we couldn't see a thing with all the fog shrouding the mountain and valleys. We went back into Katoomba for a walk around the shops and the nynumerousntique shops. You know your getting old when they are selling " Antiques" that you have either used as a child or in our case still use at home. We had a giggle at that one.We then drove around until wee found this gorgeous little restaurant tucked away in the tress and decided to have lunch and hopefully wait for the fog to lift. Steak sandwiches and coffees for lunch and with our tummies full we were on our way back to the look out. We parked the car and walked to the look out to see nothing but fog and not a mountain in sight. Just as we were about to walk back to the car, there was a split in the fog and we managed to snap 2 photos, one of me and one of my hubby.We made our way back to the car and continued our road trip. Winding through the mountain roads we toured Lithgow and all the little towns on the way. We stopped at an apple orchard on the side of the road and bought the most amazing apples you could ever imagine. Nothing like freshly picked Granny Smith apples straight off the trees, so crisp so tasty, yummy.Travelling through all the sleepy little country towns as we made our way home, stopping when we wanted to look at something that caught our eyes, what a wonderful day trip we had

NOW FOR THE CLOSE UPS AND SOME DETAILS

Lots of flowers ( of course), and I found the metal penny farthing in my stash and thought it was sensational on this page. A couple of Kaisercraft Collectables here and there. The wagon wheels are just an anchor die that I just cut the knobs off.

I added some Micro Beads to the ends of the Chippie pieces for a bit of realism.

Lots of texture paste and I used paints for the colours on the background. Finished it off with some stamping.Found a pic of the wishing well and fussy cut that out to add to the page.

All the chippie pieces were painted to match the background. I added some painted metal for a bit of pop. Some of the items used;Monte Mart Gesso and Texture pasteBazzillBo Bunny back to basic paperHessian2Crafty chipboardPrima flowersPentaloo flowersKaisercraft CollectablesMicro beadsbits of pieces of left over papers

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This is me

I am happily married with 3 grown children and 2 gorgeous litttle granddaughters. I live in the beautiful area of Lake Macquarie in NSW, Australia.

I started this journey in scrapbooking in early 2012 at the insistence of my BFF.

Since that time I have entered many online challenge sites and actually won some. I have been published numerous times in Australian scrapbook magazines and have had a 4 page feature, which was very exciting.

Early this year I was asked to teach at my local scrapbook store which I now do once a week.

I love to go on scrap retreats with my 2 travelling scrap sisters. I have met some absolutely amazingly creative ladies along the way and now have some wonderful friends in scrapworld.

I can't wait to see where this thing called scrapbooking takes me in the future and with my new motto of " be true to yourself" the sky's the limit.

I must say " thank-you " to my wonderful hubby who is not only a wonderful supporter but also my unwavering enabler.